Display method and electronic device

Abstract

A display method and device, related to the field of electronic terminals. The electronic device includes a first display and a second display. The first display and the second display jointly display first display content if the first display is disposed on the electronic device; or the first display and the second display separately display content if the first display is not disposed on the electronic device, where the first display displays second display content, the second display content is related to first display content, and the second display displays third display content. The first display may be detachable, and the second display may be non-detachable. Embodiments are applied to scenarios in which displays of the electronic device jointly and separately display content, to improve display utilization of the electronic device or display flexibility, optimize a display function and/or an interaction function of the electronic device, and improve user experience.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A display method, applied to an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a first display unit and a second display unit, the method comprising a first operating mode and a second operating mode:
 in the first operating mode,
 jointly displaying, by the first display unit and the second display unit, first display content if the first display unit is attached to the electronic device; 
 displaying, by the first display unit, part of the first display content, and sending a remaining part of the first display content to the second display unit so that the second display unit displays the remaining part of the first display content; 
 
 and, in the second operating mode,
 separately displaying, by the first display unit and the second display unit, second and third display content if the first display unit is not disposed on the electronic device, wherein the first display unit displays the second display content, the second display content is related to the first display content, and the second display unit displays the third display content, 
 
 wherein the first display unit is detachable from the electronic device while the second display unit is fixedly attached at the electronic device,
 wherein when the second display content is related to the first display content, the second display content comprises all or a part of the first display content, and when the second display content comprises all of the first display content, the second display content comprises all display objects in the first display content. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving, by the electronic device, a first operation instruction entered by a user, wherein the first operation instruction indicates that the first display unit is a primary control unit and the second display unit is a secondary unit; or 
 receiving a second operation instruction entered by a user, wherein the second operation instruction indicates that the first display unit is a secondary unit and the second display unit is a primary control unit. 
 
     
     
       3. The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the electronic device is connected to a second electronic device, and the method further comprises:
 receiving, by the electronic device, a first setting message sent by the user by using the second electronic device, wherein the first setting message indicates that the first display unit is a primary control unit and the second display unit is a secondary unit; or 
 receiving a second setting message sent by the user by using the second electronic device, wherein the second setting message indicates that the first display unit is a secondary unit. 
 
     
     
       4. The method according to  claim 3 , wherein the first display unit is a primary control unit, and the method further comprises:
 the second display unit cannot communicate with the electronic device if the first display unit is not disposed on the electronic device. 
 
     
     
       5. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the first display unit comprises different hardware from that of the second display unit. 
     
     
       6. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the second display unit is a non-detachable unit, the electronic device further comprises a third display unit, and the method comprises:
 jointly displaying content, by the first display unit, the second display unit, and the third display unit, if the first display unit and the third display unit are disposed on the electronic device; or 
 separately displaying content, by the first display unit, the second display unit, and the third display unit, if the first display unit or the third display unit is not disposed on the electronic device. 
 
     
     
       7. The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the first display unit is capable of charging the second display unit, or the second display unit is capable of charging the first display unit. 
 
     
     
       8. An electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a first display module and a second display module, the first display module and the second display module are configured to be operated in a first operating mode and a second operating mode; and
 in the first operating mode, the first display module and the second display module jointly display first display content if the first display module is disposed on the electronic device, and the first display module comprises a first display unit, and the first display unit is configured to: 
 display partial content of the first display content; and 
 the first display module further comprises a first communications unit, and the first communications unit is configured to send remaining content of the first display content to the second display module, so that the second display module displays the remaining content of the first display content; 
 and, in the second operating mode, the first display module and the second display module separately perform displaying if the first display module is not disposed on the electronic device, wherein the first display module displays second display content, the second display content is related to the first display content, and the second display module displays third display content, 
 wherein the first display module is detachable from the electronic device while the second display module is fixedly attached at the electronic device, 
 wherein when the second display content is related to the first display content, the second display content comprises all or a part of the first display content, and when the second display content comprises all of the first display content, the second display content comprises all display objects in the first display content. 
 
     
     
       9. The electronic device according to  claim 8 , wherein the first display module further comprises a first input/output unit, and the first input/output unit is configured to:
 receive a first operation instruction entered by a user, wherein the first operation instruction indicates that the first display module is a primary control module and the second display module is a secondary module; or 
 receive a second operation instruction entered by a user, wherein the second operation instruction indicates that the first display module is a secondary module and the second display module is a primary control module. 
 
     
     
       10. The electronic device according to  claim 8 , wherein the electronic device is connected to a second electronic device, and the first communications unit is further configured to:
 receive a first setting message sent by the user by using the second electronic device, wherein the first setting message indicates that the first display module is a primary control module and the second display module is a secondary module; or 
 receive a second setting message sent by the user by using the second electronic device, wherein the second setting message indicates that the first display module is a secondary module. 
 
     
     
       11. The electronic device according to  claim 10 , wherein the second display module cannot communicate with the electronic device if the first display module is not disposed on the electronic device. 
     
     
       12. The electronic device according to  claim 8 , wherein a material of the first display module is different from that of the second display module. 
     
     
       13. The electronic device according to  claim 8 , wherein the second display module is a non-detachable module, and the electronic device further comprises a third display module; and
 the first display module, the second display module, and the third display module jointly perform displaying if the first display module and the third display module are disposed on the electronic device; or 
 the first display module, the second display module, and the third display module separately perform displaying if the first display module or the third display module is not disposed on the electronic device. 
 
     
     
       14. The electronic device according to  claim 8 , wherein the first display module is capable of charging the second display module, or the second display module is capable of charging the first display module.